relinquish

relinquish control over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish control over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.They were forced to relinquish control over the land to the government.They will now relinquish control over the senate following the results of the election.

relinquish (one's) hold on (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her hold on the company to someone who wasn't in the family.They were forced to relinquish their hold on the land to the government.They will now relinquish their hold on the senate following the results of the election.

relinquish (one's) hold over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her hold over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.They were forced to relinquish their hold over the land to the government.They will now relinquish their hold over the senate following the results of the election.

relinquish (one's) grasp on (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her grasp on the company to someone who wasn't in the family.They were forced to relinquish their grasp on the land to the government.They will now relinquish their grasp on the senate following the results of the election.

relinquish (one's) grasp over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her grasp over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.They were forced to relinquish their grasp over the land to the government.They will now relinquish their grasp over the senate following the results of the election.

relinquish to (someone or something)

To surrender, forfeit, or yield one's control or possession of something to someone or some group or organization. A noun or pronoun can be used between "relinquish" and "to." The land that I relinquished to my younger brother is now worth nearly $2 million for the oil deposits beneath it.They're making me relinquish the house to the bank because my ex-husband didn't keep up the mortgage payments.She refused to relinquish control over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.

relinquish something over someone

to release the hold on or control of someone. She refused to relinquish control over the operations of the front office. Mary was ordered to relinquish her hold over the children for a month each year.

Botswana therefore, urges the international community to put more pressure on the leadership in the Democratic Republic of Congo to relinquish power and pave way for the ushering-in of a new political dispensation.

In contrast to the advertisements about safe haven laws, which tend to portray mothers who use the laws as a certain type of person, the mothers who choose to relinquish their infants often come from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences.

A STATEMENT from the Liverpool English Defence League said: "Kurtis Cawley in fact relinquished his affiliation with the EDL over 13 months ago, and the profile Kyle Huyton was handed over to the members of the division as a distraction due to the obvious persistent attention from troll profiles, Muslims, and the far left extremists of the UAF, Unite, Occupy Liverpool, Liverpool AF, and SOLFED, therefore the distraction of the profile would relinquish attention from upon other members and our admins.

Summary: Candax has entered into an agreement with Dana Gas, whereby Dana Gas will relinquish its optional rights to participate in future wells targeting the Deep Triassic zone below the currently producing Cretaceous and Jurassic zones in the El Bibane and Ezzaouia concessions in Tunisia.

Summary: Rabat - Morocco on Wednesday denounced in the strongest terms Israel's approval of building 1600 new housing units in the Eastern part of Al Quds, urging it to immediately relinquish this decision.

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